What was the goal again? Things seem to be getting muddled up. I posted an article on changing the way people plumb their systems that would allow for higher flowrates using all the same components (well except throwing away a few elbows). That's (at least in theory) FREE performance. I haven't seen that article linked at any other site which promotes watercooling, and I haven't gotten much feedback at all.
We have a community that is eager to grasp concepts like "buy an expensive iwaki pump" but absolutely not willing to do any thinking about whether the pump upgrade will benefit THEIR system.
I have a project that compares data with Bill's (for the answer to a SPECIFIC question). It has cost me probably about $600US in test equipment and a few months of fiddling. This is probably about as cheap as you are going to get in terms of actually usable correlative data. And when the specific question is answered, it is still unknown whether the testbed I put together will be of much use for "general" testing.
Speaking of "quiet" and low powered systems, has anyone personally taken Bill's test data and done something useful with it? If you combine his radiator testing and waterblock testing, it seems clear that the 5x10 Becooling radiator, a proper shroud, 2 120mm fans on a voltage regulator, the Innovatek block, and a small silent pump (eheim 1048 maybe) would be about the best low airflow, low flow rate, low noise combination that you can put together. And yet I haven't seen that done. THIS is the kind of spinoff material needed from Bill's articles; NOT more well-intentioned reviews and roundups with "typical" equipment and HUGE error bars.
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